Bales v. Lamberton

WESTHUES, Judge.

Plaintiffs Kyle Bales and Walter R. Buchanan, as co-partners doing business as Buchanan and Bales, filed suit in the Jackson County Circuit Court to recover $2,280 as a balance claimed to be due them by the defendant H. C. Lamberton on account for old dry batteries sold to defendant. The defendant answered and filed a counterclaim in three counts. In the first count, he asked $24,000; in the second, $2,059.40; and in the third, $15,000. The trial court found for plaintiffs and entered judgment against the defendant for $2,280, the *137amount claimed in plaintiffs’ petition. The…